Higher Education Scholarship Palestine (HESPAL)

Business, Economics and Finance; Educational Management; Political Sciences and International Relations; Human Rights and Governance; Agriculture; Engineering; Law, Management; Environmental Studies; Water management, Nursing, TSOL, Human Resourses, Economics, Literature, Linguistics, IT, Science programmes, Environmental Sciences and Sustainable Infrastructure, Clean Energy and Conservation Strategies, MA Energy Management, Energy Conservation, Sustainable Energy, ICT, nanotechnologies and energy. 

The scholarship covers the following:

• tuition fees
• pre-departure briefing from the British Council
• arrival allowances
• thesis allowances
• a monthly allowance to cover living expenses.

Scholarship does not cover the costs for accompanying family, visa fees, IELTS cost, and Airfare ticket to from the UK.

Applicants must provide the following supporting documents to British Council Palestine within given deadlines:

• completed copies of HESPAL application form (including details of 2 academic referees)
• certified Proof of Palestinian nationality and Palestinian Territories residency
• nomination letter from Palestinian university
• proof of employment at university
• proof of academic / work record – i.e. Transcript translated into English including grades for each year of study of bachelor’s degree and certified copies of masters degree and degree certificates;
• IELTS certificate 6.5 and above
• signed contract between scholar and their university declaring that they will return to Palestine to their university on completion of masters degree after 12 months
• signed release form from scholar permitting the UK HEI to provide British Council and scholar’s home institution with reports from their academic advisor.

• Applicant must be a resident citizen of Palestinian Territories.
• Applicant must be currently employed by the Palestinian university which nominates her/him, which must be one of the participating Palestinian universities listed below.
• Applicant will have a Masters degree from a Palestinian university (see footnotes) with a minimum grade of very good (and equivalent to at least a 3.0 Bachelor’s Degree from UK).
• No age limits for applicants.
• Applicant must sign a written undertaking to return to Palestinian university within a time frame agreed with their university, normally one year.
• Applicant must have IELTS certification appropriate for course and university (normally at least 6.5, sometimes higher).

  To apply for the scheme each applicant should contact the University coordinator in the list below.